Press Release

THE TATTOOED GIRL:

The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets behind
the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time

Authors Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer team up with Stieg Larson’s long-time friend John-Henri Holmberg to write The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time (Griffin; May 2011; Trade Paperback; $14.99; ISBN 0-312-61056-4), an essential companion to the Millennium trilogy. Packed with many revelations about Larsson and his work, The Tattooed Girl offers an authoritative look into what have been rightly called “the hottest books on the planet”– TheGirl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.

Through insightful commentary and revealing interviews, you will enter the unique world of Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, and Stieg Larsson himself, providing a fascinating view of the author’s life story, his inspirations, his feminism, and his dystopian views of Swedish society.

Included are answers to questions on every fan’s mind:

– What makes the Lisbeth Salander character so unique and memorable?

– Why have so many people from all backgrounds and with all kinds of tastes found The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo so riveting?

– What changes were made in the plots and translations of the novels after Larsson’s death—and why?

– What were Larsson’s ideas for the fourth book, and are there any clues to the plots he imagined for his ten-book series? Will we meet Lisbeth’s twin sister, Camilla, or any of her other seven siblings that Zalachenko tells her she has?

– What are the speculations—and what is the truth—about Stieg Larsson’s tragic death at age fifty, just before the publication of his novels, and the bitter battle over his legacy?

– How did Larsson’s early interest in science fiction and American and British crime writers feed into his creation of the Millennium trilogy?

– What will happen in the contentious battle between Stieg Larsson’s life partner, Eva Gabrielsson, and his father and brother over the future of the books, as well as the billion dollars at stake in his legacy?

And much, much more….

With critical commentary and insightful interviews, The Tattooed Girl is the ideal reader’s guide to the Millennium trilogy.

DAN BURSTEIN is an award-winning journalist and author of thirteen books. He and ARNE DE KEIJZER are the co-creators of the Secrets series, which includes the bestseller Secrets of the Code.

JOHN-HENRI HOLMBERG is a non-fiction writer, translator and editor. He met Stieg Larsson in 1972 and over the years they became good friends. Their last meeting was at Holmberg’s home in July, 2004, though their email correspondence continued until Stieg Larsson’s untimely death.

Quote of the Day

“The real kick in reading Larsson’s trilogy is his clever, repeated expression of a rarely spoken truth: In a world that underpays and undervalues their very existence, women aren’t out for revenge. They’re out for justice.” — Billy Frolick, The Huffington Post.

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Click on this picture to take the Tattooed Girl Tour of Stockholm with photographer Julie O’Connor. Above, the street scene at Bellmansgatan 1 in the Södermalm neighborhood of Stockholm. This is the real life building at the address where the fictional Mikael Blomkvist is said to live.